Page 50 of Wildest Dreams

It isn’t until I’ve brought her to the driver’s side of her brother’s 4x4, leaning against the back door as I hold her discreet little panty bag between us, that she realises that the big warm thing wrapped around her palm is my giant hockey player fist.

Seeing the sight of her hand enveloped in mine she releases a little squeak and stumbles against her door. She yanks her hand away and looks up at me with wide eyes.

I drop a forearm on the hood of the car and push the bag against her chest.

“Baby, I just spent two hundred dollars on five pairs of your panties,” I drawl. “The last thing you need to be worried about is a little hand holding.”

“I didn’t… I didn’t…” She’s blinking fast, a little dazed as she clutches her fingers into the pink bag. “I didn’t… mean to. It just… happened.”

I watch her carefully, a slight crease on my brow.

“I know,” I tell her, my voice quiet and deep. “And that’s how it’s always going to be with us, Aisling. Inevitable. Meant to be.”

She frowns up at me, shaking her head. “You sound crazy right now,” she whispers.

My cheek tics up. “Tell that to your blown out pupils.”

I give the top of the car a quick slap and motion for her to get inside.

“Hunter and Fallon have gone back to Carter Ridge for the weekend, but the rest of us are heading to the bar tonight,” I say as she unlocks the driver’s side and pulls the door open. “You’re coming with us.”

“Oh am I now?” she asks dryly, before leaning forwards. Carefully placing the panty bag on her passenger seat.

I give myself a couple of seconds to enjoy the view of her little ass pressing against my jeans.

She throws me a look over her shoulder that tells me she knows exactly what she’s doing.

Little tease.

“And by the way?” I add, gripping the top of the door as she goes to slam it.

She gives me a sexy eye-roll as she sighs and says, “Yes?”

“Next time you wanna spy on someone while they’re sleeping, maybe walk into a few less walls.”

Her eyes fly up to mine as I step back and close her door.

She pulls out of her parking spot with cheeks more pink than her new panties.

Chapter 13

Aisling

Four years ago

“Tanner?” I ask, my eyes wide with disbelief, because I can’t believe how cute this small town sweetheart is.

I’d love to take your number. And if you decide that you wanna see me again, I’ll book something real special. Dinner for two, or I could take you horse-riding one town over. Or, hell, if you’d like it, I’m pretty decent in the kitchen so I could show you what I can do…

I want to knoweverythingthat Tanner can do, and I also want to start my college career as I mean to go on. By seizing every beautiful opportunity that comes my way so that, when I finally graduate, I don’t have a single regret.

To finally wear my heart on my sleeve.

“Yes?” he rasps, shoving one hand through his hair.

My heart pounds in my chest. “Just kiss me already.”

Tanner drops his hand and releases a relieved groan.

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